USN-8171-1: Vim vulnerabilities

USN-8171-1: Vim vulnerabilities

Publication date: 13 April 2026
Overview:Several security issues were fixed in Vim.

Packages

• vim - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details
Nathan Mills discovered that Vim could crash when parsing certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10
(CVE-2026-32249)

It was discovered that Vim did not properly sanitize user input. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands.
(CVE-2026-33412)

Avishay Matayev discovered that Vim’s modeline sandbox could be bypassed
when opening a maliciously-crafted file. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.10.
(CVE-2026-34982)

Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

25.10 questing

• vim – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
• vim-athena – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
• vim-common – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
• vim-gtk3 – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
• vim-gui-common – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
• vim-motif – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
• vim-nox – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
• vim-runtime – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
• vim-tiny – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
• xxd – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2

24.04 LTS noble

• vim – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
• vim-athena – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
• vim-common – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
• vim-gtk3 – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
• vim-gui-common – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
• vim-motif – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
• vim-nox – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
• vim-runtime – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
• vim-tiny – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11
• xxd – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11

22.04 LTS jammy

• vim – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
• vim-athena – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
• vim-common – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
• vim-gtk – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
• vim-gtk3 – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
• vim-gui-common – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
• vim-nox – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
• vim-runtime – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
• vim-tiny – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
• xxd – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27

20.04 LTS focal

• vim – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
• vim-athena – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
• vim-common – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
• vim-gtk – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
• vim-gtk3 – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
• vim-gui-common – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
• vim-nox – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
• vim-runtime – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
• vim-tiny – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3
• xxd – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3

18.04 LTS bionic

• vim – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• vim-athena – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• vim-common – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• vim-gnome – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• vim-gtk – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• vim-gtk3 – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• vim-gui-common – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• vim-nox – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• vim-runtime – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• vim-tiny – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15
• xxd – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15

16.04 LTS xenial

• vim – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-athena – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-athena-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-common – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-gnome – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-gnome-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-gtk – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-gtk-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-gtk3 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-gtk3-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-gui-common – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-nox – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-nox-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-runtime – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30
• vim-tiny – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30

14.04 LTS trusty

• vim – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
• vim-athena – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
• vim-common – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
• vim-gnome – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
• vim-gtk – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
• vim-gui-common – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
• vim-lesstif – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
• vim-nox – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
• vim-runtime – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
• vim-tiny – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24